Oil stove



April 29, 1924.'

Filed June 26 1922 OIL STOVE 2 Sheets-Sheet l C. L. WAGANDT OIL STOVE April .29f 1924.

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CHARLES L. WAG-ANDT, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL ENAM- ELING- AND STAMPING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed .Tune 26, 1922.

To all whom t may concer/a:

Be it known that CHARLES L. WAGANDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in oil stoves and has reference to a stove utilizing a wick and burning oil for either heating or cooking purposes.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of stove whereinA a metal cylinder or chimney is employed whereby the chimney may be readily moved from one position to another to permit access to the burner without detaching the chimney.

'Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for pivotally sustaining the chimney whereby the latter may be made to assume either of three positions, to wit: seated over and in alinement with the burner; partly tilted to permit access to the burner and wick so the same may be cleaned, trimmed or ignited, or completely swung back to permit the oil receptacle or fount and burner to be removed without detaching the chimney.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for sustaining the stationary top from the base but permit the independent movements of the chimney to be made.

With these, and other objects in view, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Fig. 1 shows the improved stove in front elevation.

Fig. 2 illustrates the kbase and chimney in top view but shows the supporting structure for thc top in cross-section,-the latter being sectioned substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows the stove in central vertical section,-the chimney being illustrated in full lines in a partly tilted position and by broken lines in the fully tilted position, and

Fig. fi illustrates an enlarged vertical cross-sectional detail through the improved hinge device which carries the chimney.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 6 designates an annular sheet-metal base having a plurality of feet 7 formed integrally therewith and provided in its top with Serial No. 570,924.

plates is curved in a horizontal direction and each is therefore a segmental plate in vthat it extends part of the way only around the top of the base.

The front and rear vertical edges of these segmental plates are formed into rolls or coils 1() so that vertical rods 11, may extend through the base and pass through the rolls or coils 10 as and for a purpose that will presently be explained.

It is to be particularly noted that the positions of these segmental plates with respect to each other is such that a vertical front opening 12 and a vertical rear opening 13 are formed-the front opening extending from the base upwardly.

It will also be noted that the iront opening 12 in this instance is of a greater width 'than the rear opening, for a purpose that will also presently be explained.l

Immediately above the base and at the rear, there is provided a cross-plate 14 whose ends are coiled or rolled at 15, so as to engage the two vertical rear coils 10 ot' the segmental plates 9.

The upper edge of this' cross-plate has an inturned flange 16 to reinforce and stiften the same. Y

The vertical segmental plates 9 sustain a top plate 17, which latter seats thereon and the rods 11 which pass through the coils 10 also pass through the top plate and have heads 18, which seat down on Athe upper side of said plate while the lower endsof Vsaid rods beneath the ybase Vare provided with nuts 19, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, which nuts draw the rods down and clampV the segmental plates 9 between the top plate 17 and the base.

It will thus be understood that the base 6, the segmental plates 9 and the top plate 17 are all rigid andV permanently connected by means of the four rods 11, and oonstitute the supporting structure, and also that this structure has a front vertical opening and also a rear vertical opening.

The top plate 17 is provided with yany desired form of perforations or openings 2O and also preferably has a yseries of raised ribs 21, on which a receptacle to be heated may be placedf- A suitable handle 22 is also provided at the top! by means of which the stove may be lifted or carried from place to place.

In theV present insta-nce the heating medium is to be oil and with this in view there is provided an oil fount or container 23, which depends through the opening 8 in the top of ythe base and seats thereon in the usual way. This reservoir carries the usual annular gallery 24 on which a cylinder or chimney 25, may seat to cover or encircle the burner 26.

One of the features of the present invention lies in the fact that the cylinder or chimney which seats around and extends above the burner is permanently attached to the supporting structure, Ybut is so carried, that it may be swung backwardly and held in either of two tilted positions. When in one of these two positions, to wit, that shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the Vchimney will uncover the burner and wick so the same may be exposed for cleaning, trimming or igniting, whereas when the chimney is swung backwardly as far as it will go, as

- shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, its lower end will be entirely removed from over the burner and fount, so the latter can be lifted out from the base for cleaning or refilling. These movements of the chimney may be made without detaching the same and these features in operation, together with the means employed to effect them, are novel with me.

By reference to Figs. 3 and l of the drawings it will be noted that against the rear face of the cross-plate 14 there is seated a bracket-plate 27 which plate is rigidly secured to the cross-plate by means of rivets 28 which pass through perforations 29 in the bracket-plate and extend also through the metal of the cross-plate. This bracketplate has a forwardly-extending horizontal Vflange30 which projects over the inturned reinforcing flange 16, on the upper edge of the cross-plate.

At each side, the bracket-plate is provided with an upwardly-extending arm or lug 31, which arms or lugs also extend outwardly or rearwardly and in a direction. reverse to that in which the flange 3() extends. The arms or lugs project above the said horizontal flange 30, for a purpose that will presently be described.

A hinge-plate 32, having an up-turned flange 33, at each side thereof, has its outer end located between the two vertical arms or lugs 31. so that a horizontal pivot-pin or bolt 34 may be passed through said arms and flanges toy pivotally sustain said plate jnear said outer end. j

This hinge plate 32, normally has a substantially horizontal position and seats on the upper side of the flange 30 of bracketplate 27. The outer end, however, of said hinge plate, projects over the outer side of said flange while the inner end thereof projects at the inner side of said flange, as clearly shown in either Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 of the drawing.

It will also be not-ed that the pin or bolt 3d, has position in a vertical plane beyond the outer side of the flange 30 and its bracketplate 27, so that when said hinge-plate 32, is turned on the pin, as-shown in Fig. 3, its outer edge 35 will strike the rear facel of the bracket-plate and be stopped against further movement.

The inner forward edges of the rip-turned flanges 33 of the hinge-plate are beveled or inclined as at 36 and immediately below said beveled edges the flanges have pivotholes or perforations 37. lVhen the hingeplate 32 is in the normal substantially horizontal position it -will project forwardly through the rear opening 13 of the supporting structure and over the fount- 23, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The cylinder or chimney 25 has a bracketplate 38, attached thereto and each end of this bracket-plate has a rearwardly-extending ear 39 between which latter the inner forward end of the hinge plate flanges 33 project. Apin or rod 40, extends ythrough said ears 39 and the perforations 37 in the Y hinge-plate flanges so as to pivotally connect the cylinder with .the forward end of the hinge-plate. Y

lt will thus be seen that the cylinder 25, is pivotally. carried at the inner forward end of the hinge-plate 32 and that the hinge plate has its rear outer end p-ivotally sustained from the bracket-plate 27.

By this construction the cylinder 25, may be tilted back through the rear opening 13, by swinging on the forward end.. of the hinge-plate, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and when so tilted will permit' access to be had to the burner 26 for lighting or trimming. lt will also be noted that both the cylinder and the hinge-plate may be swung together on the pivot 3% whereby to ycompletely swing the cylinder through the rear opening so that the lower end of the chimney will be entirely removed from over the burner and fount 23, so the latter may be lifted and removed through the forward opening 12,-the complete rearward movement of the cylinder and hinge-plate being shown in broken lines in Fig. 3.

lt will thus be seen that the double-hinge structure, by which'the cylinder or chimney is sustained.l ensures that the chimney will always be properly guided when swung over the burner and will be accurately seated about the burnerg'that the chimney may readily be tilted back to expose ythe burner and be held in that partiallj7 tilted position, and that the said lchimney may be tilted back to a further degree to remove the lower end from over the burner and fount in order that the latter may be lifted out of the base-opening for cleaning, filling or other purposes.

Having described my invention, I claim,-

1. In an oil stove the combination with a base of supporting means extending upwardly from opposite sides of the base and spaced at both the front and rear to form a front and a rear vertical opening, a top rigidly attached to the supporting means and extending over said front and rear openings, a fount carried by the base, a cylinder between the opposite supporting means and means for pivotally sustaining the cylinder so it may swing through the said rear opening.

2. In an oil stove the combination with a base, of a fount carried by the base, supporting means extending vertically at opposite sides and at the rear from said base said rear portion of the supporting means being of a less height than the opposite side portions of the said supporting means whereby to provide a vertical rear opening between the side portions of the supporting means, a top supported on the side portions of the supporting means and covering the rear opening, and a cylinder pivotally sustained from the lower rear portion of the said vertical supporting means so it may be swung rearwardly over said lower portion and through the said rear opening.

3. In an oil stove the combination with a base of supporting walls extending upwardly from the base at opposite sides and at the rear and spaced to form a front opening and further spaced to provide a rear vertical opening, a top rigidly attached to the supporting means and covering the front andv rear openings, a fount carried by the base, a cylinder above the fount and a hinge at the rear opening of the supporting means and pivotally engaging the said cylinder whereby the cylinder may be swung back through the rear opening of the said supporting means to uncover the fount.

4. In an oil stove the combination with a base of a supporting means extending upwardly from the base and spaced to form a front and a rear vertical opening, a top rigidly attached to the supporting means and extending over the front and rear openings, a cylinder above the fount and between the supporting means, a hinge pivotally attached to the supporting means and means base, of two spaced-apartsegment plates extending vertically from the base and each plate having a tubular formation at its front and rear vertical edges, a top above the segment plates, rods extending through said tubular formations and connecting the base and top, a fount carried by the base, and a cylinder between the segment Vplates and over the fount.

6. In an oil stove the combination with a base, of a top, spaced-apart vertical plates between the base and top and supporting the latter, a fomit carried by the base, a hinge-plate pivotally carried with respect to the vertical plates, a cylinder pivotally attached to the hinge-plate whereby the cylinder may have a preliminary movement with respect to the hinge-plate and a further movement with the hinge-plate.

7. In an oil stove the combination with a base, of a supporting structure extending upwardly from the base and having a front opening and a rear vertical opening, a top rigidly carried on the supporting structure, a fount carried in the base, and a hinge device having one end pivotally attached to the supporting structure at the said rear opening and its other end pivotally attached to the cylinder whereby the cylinder may be partly tilted back into the rear opening and may be further tilted through said opening.

575. In an oil stove the combination with a base, of a top sustained in an elevated position above the base so as to provide a front vertical opening and a rear vertical opening, a fount carried by the base, a cylinder between the fount and the top and a double hinge device having two pivot points said hinge having a member rigid with respect to the base and another member rigidly attached to the cylinder whereby the cylinder may be tilted on one of the hinge-pivots into the rear opening for certain purposes and the cylinder and a portion of the hinge tilted on the other hinge-pivot to swing the cylinder further through the rear opening to permit the fount to. be lifted and removed through the front vertical opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

CHARLES L. IVAGANDT. 

